How to Change and Display Units of Measurement in BLENDER (Micro Tip)

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In Blender we can change the units of measurement used in a scene. We can use the metric system, imperial system or use "Blender Units." Measurements include edge length, area, angle, volume, time and mass. Also learn how to display the length of edges in the 3D viewport. You can have Blender show measurements for precision modeling. And we will cover all of this in 35 seconds!
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@Brandon-3D Жыл бұрын

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@FusionDeveloper Ай бұрын

Moved in new Blender version. Please edit your pinned comment in the wording of your choice, to explain where they moved it to in Blender v4.1 (Thanks to @Hellfire7675 for explaining where they moved it in the new Blender version.) (I replied with this and I'm posting it as a separate comment also.) On the left side, by "File/Edit/Render/etc... " under that is "Object Mode", click the down arrow and choose "Edit Mode" Now go back to the right side where the "Overlays" is (the 2 circles) and to the right will be a new dropdown menu that shows a square with a top right corner being solid color square. That is the new menu where they put the measurements. (If you are still having trouble understanding, just toggle between "Object Mode" and "Edit Mode" while looking on the right side of the screen and you will see a few things appear and disappear. It's one of those options.)

@hellfire7675 5 ай бұрын

The measurement section is now in its own tab in the sidebar when you are in mesh edit mode. This is a recent change that was introduced in Blender. In edit mode, look for Mesh Edit Mode next to the Show Overlay tab

@paintrane1179 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tttttttttttttttp12 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Was struggling bc it wasn't there.

@user-pf8ww2im6f 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@skylargaming1106 Ай бұрын

thank you

@FusionDeveloper Ай бұрын

Reworded, because I had issues understanding your instructions, because I'm new to Blender. Others may find my wording useful: On the left side, by "File/Edit/Render/etc... " under that is "Object Mode", click the down arrow and choose "Edit Mode" Now go back to the right side where the "Overlays" is (the 2 circles) and to the right will be a new dropdown menu that shows a square with a top right corner being solid color square. That is the new menu where they put the measurements. (If you are still having trouble understanding, just toggle between "Object Mode" and "Edit Mode" while looking on the right side of the screen and you will see a few things appear and disappear. It's one of those options.)

@ajayjoseph8722 7 ай бұрын

Nano Tip - To see measurements you have to be in edit mode!

@FuegoPazzo 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was stumped trying to find the setting. And Blender search couldn't find it either

@RobotShaz 6 ай бұрын

thanks i was wondering why i couldn't see it in the viewport overlay. I was in object mode instead of edit.

@ultimateX786 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much bro❤❤❤

@luigiisgoated 3 ай бұрын

Microscopic tip Hi :)

@ryankramer 11 ай бұрын

All killer no filler. Thank you kindly.

@andydeanphotography2234 10 ай бұрын

Just what I needed! Thanks

@RyanKingArt Жыл бұрын

Great tip! 👍‍

@Brandon-3D Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Ryan!!

@007Yasir Жыл бұрын

Im on blender 3.4.1 can’t seem to go past Geometry from the Viewport Overly, like you have it?

@USER__24680 6 ай бұрын

great help :) and right to the point. Excellent video

@RobotShaz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. It is really helpful

@Boccaccio1811 Ай бұрын

finally I can use FREEDOM UNITS!

@turtlelearns3d 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful!

@Brandon-3D 10 ай бұрын

Happy to hear, thank you!!

@737Garrus 5 ай бұрын

This worked wonders! 🦅Freedom Units🗽 for the win!!

@Brandon-3D 5 ай бұрын

Haha!! Glad it helped!!! 🗽

@M138. 6 ай бұрын

thanks king

@reaware 6 ай бұрын

Me too. Even if i'm in edit mode, the Measurements part doesn't show ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Any suggest? I'm using Blender 4.0.1

@Legit_SuperFall 17 күн бұрын

possibly a perfect video

@Brandon-3D 16 күн бұрын

Haha! Idk about that but thank you so much!!

@Legit_SuperFall 16 күн бұрын

@@Brandon-3D Nah man, it's perfect I googled a problem, and within 20 seconds i had the solution. That means the video has exactly the amount of information needed, means that it was properly conveyed, and the title and SEO were all good.

@DBTabasco 7 ай бұрын

I'm having a hard time reading the dimensions and would like to be able to make the larger. any idea where I can fix that? thanks for the videos

@focns 7 ай бұрын

No measurement from viewport overlay. In edit mode, have measurement addon, confused! Thanks

@12DisturbedGuy93 2 ай бұрын

What version of Blender is this?

@0zzy_0 2 ай бұрын

mine goes back to default as soon as i open a new file?

@thedude4795 5 ай бұрын

i have an image imported as a plane, blender doesnt show any numbers, despite enabling this.... any idea why?

@TheBreezus 8 ай бұрын

Im using blender 3.5 I do not see that option, is this a plugin or addon? EDIT: I missed the part where you have to go to edit mode first. Thanks great video!

@kevdiat 6 ай бұрын

I missed that too. Thank you, I was so confused.

@mytom652 8 ай бұрын

Sorry, I get a question, my overlay menus disappeared when I change to edit mode.

@robertmatthias Ай бұрын

are these measurments directly relational to real world measurements? I had an stl created in one program that came out to 10 1/2 inches but in blender, when imported, it came out to over 1000 inches.

@pauljcampbell2997 Ай бұрын

Scaling issue perhaps?

@notflanders4967 4 күн бұрын

What has worked for me is after File>Import>Stl you get that window to select your file. On the upper right side, there's the "Transform" drop down arrow. Open the options and under "Scale" select the "Scene Unit" box. This "applies the current scene's unit (as defined by unit scale) to imported data." I leave my scale at 1.

@coil9897 Жыл бұрын

when i turn on edge measurement it just shows the same incorrect number all around

@alefgaio6878 8 ай бұрын

My problem is every object i create has a different scale. I make a cube 5m wide and then create a small cube, it has the same 5m wide, that being much smaller. How to make all objects to belong in the same measuremnt system?

@notflanders4967 4 күн бұрын

Hey, I've been having this issue also, but thanks to a commenter on another video I got the solution _finally.._ Basically, you need to press CTRL + A(apply)>Scale in Object Mode. On this video is where I found the comment, it's the top comment right now. They explain it better, I'd suggest reading it to understand what's happening. (/watch?v=gw20OyJoWeg) The video wasn't worth much but that comment changed everything for me.